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http://pr.cannazine.co.uk : The tragic death of a young Bristol man from cocaine abuse has once again poured scorn on a government which refuses to correctly prioritise the British social issues which cause most damage in our communities. class A drugs and alcohol.
Instead, the Labour government have, since Gordon Brown came to power, carried out a witch hunt against cannabis and its users, and whilst police concentrate their resources on chasing down low level cannabis users, class A drugs such as heroin and cocaine have taken over as the most readily available high on our city streets. Closely followed by a new drug epidemic sweeping in from the United States; prescription drug abuse.
Aspiring chef Mark Smith was found dead at a friends flat in the St George area of the city on Good Friday after experimenting with cocaine the night before.
Reverend Andy Thomas, 33, minister of Patchway Baptist Church, Bristol, said his family had been left devastated by the death of his younger brother.
Rev Thomas said: "Parents need to be careful about how easy it is for their teenagers to get caught up in this world.
"We are just a normal family, and Mark was just a normal teenager experimenting with things. It was just too easy. What are we as a society doing to protect our teenagers?
"Cannabis is one thing, but for Mark to have had access to such hard drugs that could kill him in one night, it just infuriates us."
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) Whilst the government are seen to be making all the right noises regarding class A drugs, the majority of which reach our communities driven by organised crime, the prime-mover in the fight against organised crime networks, an organisation called the Serious Organised Crime Agency, was set up in 2005 with a mission brief of gathering intelligence with a view to breaking up the networks responsible for the upsurge in class A drug trafficking.
But SOCA has been accused of not doing the job it was implemented to undertake, and since its inception, class A drug availability has increased to such an extent, that SOCA, dubed "Britains FBI", was branded a cataclysmic failure by the conservatives and by drug charities.
As if to confirm the accusation in April 2009 the Prime Ministers office was forced to intervene.
The intervention is a measure of Gordon Brown's concern and raises questions about the Home Office's failure to get to grips with the problem at a time when agencies admit it has spread from the inner cities to the shires, eroding the fabric of almost all of Britain's communities.
Senior police officers, customs officials and Soca officials have been interrogated on the failings in the last few weeks as part of the Downing Street review, in an attempt to pull together a policy that will begin to stem the rise of criminals who range from teenage street gangs dealing small amounts of drugs to major heroin dealers, gun runners and south-east Asian people traffickers based in the UK.
In the meantime, British police forces up and down the country are turned into television stars as TV film crews shadow them as they go about their day to day jobs, the majority of which seem to involve low level cannabis use and alcohol fuelled public order offences.
Which begs the question; why are the police so dead set against any sort of cannabis use when the rest of the world is moving the other way, taking steps to decriminalise cannabis across vast areas of the globe?
In the United States there are currently 13 states which now make allowances for the medical use of cannabis, with another three or four set to follow suit over the coming 12 months. This means in excess of 25 million US citizens now have access to legal cannabis with a doctors recommendation, and the numbers of legal cannabis consumers in Europe is thought to be around the same amount, as medical cannabis is now permitted in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland.
none of thee countries have shown any upsurge in mental health issues. The British governments primary arguement for reclassifying cannabis in january 2009.
In the meantime the United Kingdoms 'one country war' against cannabis users is deflecting police man hours from dealing with offences such as class A drug dealing. A trade which can and does lead to our young people dying the first time they experiment with class A drugs such as cocaine.
Back in Bristol and Mark Smith's family believe that it was the first time Mark had tried Class A drugs and have voiced their concerns about the ease in which he obtained cocaine.
Rev Thomas added: "Mark had always been open with us, and had been honest about taking cannabis and the heavier form of skunk".
"But he certainly wasn't an addict, and in his own mind it was never a big deal. He told me he was only ever a recreational user, but we wonder if there was some progression."
The case has been referred to Avon Coroner's Office and the family are awaiting a toxicology report to confirm the exact cause of death.
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